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Title: Someone skipped Geography in school....
Post by: madelaide on May 30, 2010, 14:41
When I received this image I could not believe it was true.  But it was.  Read here (http://colinseymour.co.uk/geography-101-for-chicagos-wgn-tv).
Title: Re: Someone skipped Geography in school....
Post by: cathyslife on May 30, 2010, 14:45
What a blunder! I don't think they teach geography in schools anymore. I'm not exactly sure what they are teaching.
Title: Re: Someone skipped Geography in school....
Post by: Graffoto on May 30, 2010, 14:52
They are teaching Photoshop.
Title: Re: Someone skipped Geography in school....
Post by: vonkara on May 30, 2010, 15:04
Unbelievable
Title: Re: Someone skipped Geography in school....
Post by: lisafx on May 30, 2010, 15:17
That is so sad....

To be fair, they ARE both continents ;)
Title: Re: Someone skipped Geography in school....
Post by: madelaide on May 30, 2010, 15:44
That is so sad....

To be fair, they ARE both continents ;)

South Africa?  I think you skipped Geography in school too, Lisa!   ;D
Title: Re: Someone skipped Geography in school....
Post by: cathyslife on May 30, 2010, 15:45
Africa is a continent, no? OK, you're being technical when you say South Africa.

OK, then I will say "to be fair, they both begin with South".  :)
Title: Re: Someone skipped Geography in school....
Post by: madelaide on May 30, 2010, 15:53
Africa is a continent, no? OK, you're being technical when you say South Africa.

South Africa is a country.  South America is a continent.
Title: Re: Someone skipped Geography in school....
Post by: lisafx on May 30, 2010, 15:57
That is so sad....

To be fair, they ARE both continents ;)

South Africa?  I think you skipped Geography in school too, Lisa!   ;D

Madelaide, I think the confusion is that the graphic in your OP is a picture of South America with a big arrow and a caption that says "Africa???".  Unless you click on the link it isn't obvious that it's about South Africa.

Serves me right for not bothering to click on the link... :)
 
Title: Re: Someone skipped Geography in school....
Post by: cathyslife on May 30, 2010, 16:00
Africa is a continent, no? OK, you're being technical when you say South Africa.

South Africa is a country.  South America is a continent.

Yes, but Africa is a continent...I think that's what Lisa meant.  :D
Title: Re: Someone skipped Geography in school....
Post by: vonkara on May 30, 2010, 16:02
Yes, you need to click on the link, to see that the news was about the South African World Cup. Funny confusion though
Title: Re: Someone skipped Geography in school....
Post by: cascoly on May 30, 2010, 17:57
Yes, you need to click on the link, to see that the news was about the South African World Cup. Funny confusion though

they probably just meant that the world cup will be won by a team from south america
Title: Re: Someone skipped Geography in school....
Post by: Dreamframer on May 30, 2010, 18:50
Haha, well, at least both Africa and S. America were the same continent...once. :)

West coast of Africa match east coast of South America.
Title: Re: Someone skipped Geography in school....
Post by: Graffoto on May 30, 2010, 19:23
Well technically, if you look at a a map of Pangaea, there was once only one super-continent.

But now we are REALLY getting off topic  ;D
Title: Re: Someone skipped Geography in school....
Post by: madelaide on May 30, 2010, 19:27
Even if you don't click on the link, but view the image I uploaded in full size, you will see the "South Africa" on the South America map.
Title: Re: Someone skipped Geography in school....
Post by: Dreamframer on May 30, 2010, 19:36
Even if you don't click on the link, but view the image I uploaded in full size, you will see the "South Africa" on the South America map.

Yes, lol, I was thinking this was just a pure human error, but it seems it's more lack of knowledge.
Title: Re: Someone skipped Geography in school....
Post by: Dreamframer on May 30, 2010, 19:51
It's almost like:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wHMaJ6AtNs[/youtube]
Title: Re: Someone skipped Geography in school....
Post by: elvinstar on May 30, 2010, 21:18
^^ That's HILARIOUS!
Title: Re: Someone skipped Geography in school....
Post by: Dreamframer on May 31, 2010, 02:45
Lol, see this. According to the first map, I'm one of evil doers in the gray area:

(http://www.funny-games.biz/images/pictures/850-world-map.jpg)

or this:

(http://interactive.usc.edu/members/nsharkasi/americanworld.jpg)
Title: Re: Someone skipped Geography in school....
Post by: qwerty on May 31, 2010, 03:30
Yes, you need to click on the link, to see that the news was about the South African World Cup. Funny confusion though

they probably just meant that the world cup will be won by a team from south america

what you don't think Australia or New Zealand will win ????   :)
Title: Re: Someone skipped Geography in school....
Post by: cathyslife on May 31, 2010, 06:57
Your America maps are too funny, dreamframer!
Title: Re: Someone skipped Geography in school....
Post by: lisafx on May 31, 2010, 11:58
Even if you don't click on the link, but view the image I uploaded in full size, you will see the "South Africa" on the South America map.

Yeah, I already admitted I didn't click on it. It isn't displaying in full size unless you CLICK ON THE IMAGE 

What's your point Maria?  That I really AM a dumbass American who doesn't know the difference between South America and Africa, or the difference between Africa the continent and South Africa the country (Nelson Mandela, former Apartheid, Boers, Capetown, etc.)??  

Okay, fine - believe whatever you need to. ::)  
Title: Re: Someone skipped Geography in school....
Post by: Dreamframer on May 31, 2010, 12:55
Girls, girls! Kisses for both! Don't start fight please. If you start fighting this forum will fall apart.
Title: Re: Someone skipped Geography in school....
Post by: eppic on May 31, 2010, 16:45
Im from Canada (British Columbia) and used to drive truck deep into the American south. Some people down there assumed I either somehow drove from England or from somewhere in South America.
Title: Re: Someone skipped Geography in school....
Post by: madelaide on May 31, 2010, 17:04
Geez, Lisa, I only meant that the link wasn't necessary to see the mistake.  :-\
Title: Re: Someone skipped Geography in school....
Post by: RacePhoto on June 01, 2010, 16:05
That is so sad....

To be fair, they ARE both continents ;)

Lump is on the wrong side?  ::)

Cape of Good hope is not Cape Horn?  ???
Title: Re: Someone skipped Geography in school....
Post by: Suljo on June 01, 2010, 19:39
What do you think about this

Search GLOBE on Shutter an you will see on first most pop page this image...

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-12225532/stock-vector-vector-shiny-globe-with-shadow.html (http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-12225532/stock-vector-vector-shiny-globe-with-shadow.html)

Globe without Antarctica with NewYork on Equator line. Cape of Good hope is near South pole??? If it so popular my only conclusion is that buyers "wanabee designers" are uneducated too and they sell they "design" to uneducated TV and magazines or webby creep stars and editors who read and look without any kind of mind.

I find another visionary case below (thnx good it is not on first page but I think from time to time some buy this too).

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-27381001/stock-vector--d-globe-of-the-world-america.html (http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-27381001/stock-vector--d-globe-of-the-world-america.html)

Globe without north pole. Maybe radioactive cyan suggest that Yellowstone is imploded and stretch America to North pole  ;D

I dont want to dig more. I am to scare what I will find...